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S. ceriferum, Wakefield^ sp. nov. 



Pileus 4-8 cm, latus^ 2-3 cm. loiigus, sessilis, postice decur- 

 rens inteiflum omnino resiipinatus^ umbriniis, concentrice siil- 

 catiis et panels zoiiis obsciirioribus ornatiis, adpresse spongioso- 

 tomentosiis. Trama tenuis, rig^'da, umbrina. Ilymenium 

 nigrum, pruina albida Telatiim, ut caesio-glaucum vidotnr. 

 Cystidia nulla ; hasidia hyalina ; sporae non visae* Hyphae 

 . subhymeniales brunneae^ tenuiter tunicataCj flaccidae, septatae^ 

 saqie ad septa nodosae, 3-5 p, crassae. 



Hah. On decaying- wood, Eotorua, New Zealand. 



A beautiful species, of striking appearance ou account of the 

 pruinose bymenium^ Avbicli appears bluisli-grey in colour and 

 contrasts sharply Avitb tlie umber-brown pileus. Tlie bloom on 

 the hymenium appears to be due to a deposit of a waxy nature^ 

 which dissolves on the addition of potassium hydrate solution. 

 The appearance of the upper surface of the pileus resembles that 

 of S. proUfcanSj Berk. (= S. vespillojieum, Berk.); but the 

 hymenium differs in colour, having no tint of brown, and in the 

 absence of cystidia. Tlie dark-brown basal hyphae, with 

 clamp connections, are also distinctive. 



S. illudens, Berk, in Hook. Juurn. Bot. 1845, p. 59. 



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Hool 



South Australia. National Park, Adelaide. 



Distrib. Tasmania, New Zealand. 



/' S. spiniferuin'' is the young form of this species, with 

 pileus shortly reflexed, and bright hymenium contracting sharply 

 with the whitish margin. When old, the colour becomes duller 

 and the margin less differentiated. The type of S. ArcJieri is a 

 very old specimen of this species. It appears to be common in 

 Australia, and is easily recognised by the broAvn, strigose pileus 

 and pinkish-lilac hymenium. Aculeate parapliyses, similar to 

 those of .S^. fi'ttstulo.nnn, Fr., are present between the basidia. 

 Figure by Lloyd (loc. cit.) 



S. rugosum, Fr. Epicr. p. 552. 

 South Australia. Tanunda. 



Distrih, 



pe 



S. sangiiinolentiim, Fr, Epicr. p. 549. 



New Zealand. Domain Park, Auckland. 

 Distrih. Europe, North America. 



S. rhatfarbarinum, Wakefield, comb. nov. 



Coiticium rhaharharinum, Berk, et Br. in Journ. Linn. See. 



^V' ^^^^' ^^' ^^' P-P-' ^^^ ^' rhaharharimDn, Berk, in Hook. 

 IJor. Nov. Zel. ii. p. 184 (^ Ilymenochaete rhabarharma, Cooke 

 m Grevillea, viii. p. 148). 



?^ew South AVales. Kowra. 

 f)istrib. Ceylon. 



The type material of '' C. rh abarharimim , Berk, et Br./' from 

 Le>4on, consists of two species, namely, this and another which 



. Berk, ct Br./' a doubtful 

 species is not a Ilymenochaete, but a 



